Registered · Cross-platform

1723 PPTP

TCP Yes
UDP Assigned
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol control (with GRE for data).

When / why

Legacy VPN — cryptographically broken; avoid for new deployments.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Assigned Assigned by IANA, but not standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 1723

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 1723

Allow TCP 1723 (PPTP). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="1723" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 1723 (PPTP) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 1723 accept

Allow TCP 1723 (PPTP). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 1723 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 1723 (PPTP). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-pptp-1723 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 1723

Inbound rule for 1723 (PPTP). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=1723,ToPort=1723,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 1723 (PPTP). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-pptp-1723 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:1723 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 1723 (PPTP). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow PPTP 1723/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1723 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 1723 (PPTP). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow PPTP 1723/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 1723 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 1723 (PPTP). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.